CLIFFSIDE PARK — Police have arrested a Fairview man on charges he repeatedly sexually assaulted a young girl over the course of four years.

Erik Eduardo Jiminez, 33, of 428 Henry Street, was arrested today and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and a single count of endangering the welfare of a child.

According to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, the alleged abuse was first reported to the state's Division of Child Protection and Permanancy (formerly the Department of Youth and Family Services). The prosecutor's office's Special Victims Unit was notified, and launched a joint investigation with the Cliffside Park police that resulted in Jiminez's arrest.

Molinelli did not disclose the nature of Jiminez's relationship with the girl, describing her only as an acquaintance. The abuse occurred over four years in both Fairview and Cliffside Park, all before the girl had turned 13, he said.

Jiminez is being held in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $300,000 bail with no 10 percent option. He has also been ordered to surrender his passport, and to have no contact with the alleged victim.